Help us document the impacts of King Tides (the highest high tides of the year). Submit your photos at pacioos.org/kt
King Tide Photo Surveys coming up! July 3rd and 4th, 2023
Climate Community Fair – Hawai'i Island
The Department of Land and Natural Resources - Engineering Division will be on hand to answer questions about the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) at the Climate Community Fair!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! King Tide Photo Surveys next week!
Help us document the impacts of King Tides (the highest high tides of the year). Documenting King Tides can give us a snapshot of what our future shorelines may look like with rising sea levels. Visit the project website, www.PacificIslandsKingTides.org, for peak high tide times at locations across the Hawai'ian Islands on King Tide photo survey dates.
Join FEMA July 28 to Learn About Climate Change, Future Conditions, and Nature-Based Solutions
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Division invites you to a webinar that will provide an overview and examples of climate change, future conditions and how nature-based solutions can help build community resilience against these issues. Additionally, panelists from FEMA, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss best practices when considering applications to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
Hawai'i CFM Matt Gosner is the new Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency’s Executive Director
Matthew Gonser is appointed as the City's Executive Director for the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency.
STATE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION COMMISSION ENDORSES TOOLS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING
At its October meeting, the Hawai’i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (Climate Commission) endorsed two recently completed documents that operationalize the recommendations of the state’s Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report (2017). These guidance documents, produced in support of the Commission’s Climate Ready Hawaiʻi Initiative, help state and county planners and government officials... Continue Reading →
Wetter Than Average Conditions Predicted Over the Hawai'ian Islands from October 2020 Through April 2021
According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, there is an ongoing La Nina event in the Pacific. This La Nina event is expected to persist through the spring of 2021. The consensus of climate models is projecting large scale wetter than average conditions over the Hawai'ian Islands region from December 2020 through April 2021.
Virginia Governor Announces Strong Flood Protections for State-Owned Property
Virginia is taking new steps to address climate change, launching one the country’s strongest flood protections for state-owned property...
Oʻahu’s Disappearing Beaches
Sharing a Civil Beat's video interview with DLNR's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Administrator, Sam Lemmo and Professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Dr. Chip Fletcher. The group tour the south shore of Oʻahu discussing sea level rise and beach erosion. watch videoSource: Honolulu Civil Beat More information... Continue Reading →